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process of hardening these plants off is the next step, which can only 

 be done under glass, and even when removed from this protection many- 

 plants do not bear well full exposure to the open air ; add to this the 

 number of seedling plants, which also require some degree of protection, 

 and we shall perceive that it was necessity which, in some measure, 

 compelled Mr. standish to bring this material into use. 



The " Tiffany House'" has a framework of stout Larch poles, 10 ft. 

 high, which are placed at right angles 7 or 8 feet apart. The poles 

 stand about 7 feet out of the ground, and are unbarked, but with their 

 tops cut square and chiselled out with a gouge to receive the imposts, 

 which are formed of rather smaller poles sawn through the middle, 

 and nailed to the uprights round side downwards ; cross-pieces are also 

 introduced to form a stout frame, over which the Tiffany is stretched, 

 and nailed on with list. During the early part of the season the sides 

 are also covered with the same material, but as the weather becomes 

 warmer this is removed to admit more air underneath. The rain, as it 

 falls on the surface of the flat roof, of course finds its way inside, 

 but in no way to injure anything beneath, as it gradually filters 

 through. Mr. Standish's house, we should say, is 90 feet long, 

 about 60 feet wide, and 7 feet high ; and underneath, arranged in 

 beds, were a large number of choice plants, exhibiting a degree of 

 health and luxuriance never before attained by similar plants, 

 even under glass. Camellias, Rhododendrons of all kinds, Berberis 

 nepalensis, Bealii, and japonica, were growing most luxuriantly, as 

 well as the new Forget-me-not, and a host of other things Mr. Standish 

 had purposely placed under this protection, to try how far partial 

 shade would suit them. We were much surprised to find that Roses, 

 which proverbially delight in sunshine, were producing blooms of 

 immense size and of most intense colour, and the dark green aspect of 

 the leaves clearly indicated that the amount of light and atmospheric 

 conditions were entirely suited to the habit of the plants. 



Mr. Standish is sanguine that he can grow Grapes and Peaches in a 

 house of this description, and next year intends trying the experiment 

 of fruit culture under Tiffany on a considerable scale. We shall watch 

 the experiment with great interest ; and whether he will succeed or not 

 with fruits will be recorded ; we have no hesitation in asserting, how- 

 ever, that it forms a superior medium to glass for growing many 

 kinds of plants under during the summer, and that its general applica- 

 tion for that purpose will soon follow. Camellias, Rhododendrons, 

 Azaleas, Epacris, Heaths, and hard-wooded plants generally, as well 

 as greenhouse Ferns, are a few genera which occur to us which would 

 grow luxuriantly under a Tiffany roof, and it will also form the best 

 roof material for retarding plants in bloom, in which case a double 

 roof would be preferable. 



As regards the form of roof Mr. Standish has adopted, a ridge and 

 furrow one would perhaps in some respects be preferable ; but the 

 mode of construction is so simple, and ihe material so cheap, that the 

 shape of the roof is of but little importance, provided it is not carried 

 too high above the plants. We must defer noticing the application of 

 Tiffany as a fruit protector to our next number. 



